Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1090

v2.c4.s4.1090

Nor do the older Vedic texts know of any series of Yugas or ages such as are usual later. In the Atharvaveda⁵ there are mentioned in order a hundred years, an ayuta (10,000?), and then two, three, or four Yugas: the inference from this seems to be that a Yuga means more than an ayuta, but is not very certain. Zimmer⁶ adduces a passage from the Rigveda,⁷ but the reference there, whatever it may be,⁸ is certainly not to the four ages (cf. also Triyuga).⁹ The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa¹⁰ recognizes long periods of time—e.g., one of 100,000 years.